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an unusual bug in gcc - how to report


Hello,
I am using the gcc version:
 
2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0)

I know how to report typical bugs that show up as seg faults in the
compiler.  However, I have a different problem:

the compiler lets me evaluate the address operator on a non-existent member
of a structure

The preprocessed file that triggers this is large.  A smaller sample does
not trigger the bug.  This is rather urgent, I think, because the compiler
translates erroneous code into binary.  The binary program (a kernel driver)
then crashes the system in very subtle ways, difficult to track.  

A previous version of gcc (Red Hat Linux 6.2) does not allow this syntax
error.  

Please let me know your preferences how to report this.  

Mark Galecki, PhD, M.S.
Senior Software Engineer
SBS Technologies, Inc. Modular I/O 
Newark, California
USA Phone:  510-742-2500 

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